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@ Chris_Howard It depends on what the employer's directive is. If it is something like: "You guys must practice more, bat an hour extra every day at the nets, practice some spin bowling, practice some fielding drills, improve your catching, etc." it is fine, and if they did not do it, they should get disciplined. If they had not done some form filling, like: "How can I improve?", (and a couple of the players namely Johnson and Khawja did not even play so the question for them seems meaningless, and so the other players who did not play but were still able to submit their homework should also be disciplined for lying to the coach and management) they should have earned a talking through. Soon, it will turn into: "Clarke, please write a report to CA telling them why the others lost the series.", "Maxwell, please explain why you are playing in the squad." etc.

Posted by
on
March 15, 2013, 4:48 GMT

If people have the maturity of children then you have to treat them as children. For every action (or nonaction) there is a reaction. Simple really and anyone who is not with the team has no idea as to what is going on. Many children behave well in public but are horrors at home. For people and children read cricketers

Posted by
Chris_Howard
on
March 15, 2013, 1:56 GMT

All well and good, Geoff, but it seems treating them like adults wasn't working.

And I'm also curious to know why so many people think that if you discipline someone for not following an employer's directive, that you are treating them like children? Adults do what their employer asks.

Why aren't more people challenging these players for behaving like children?

Why are they saying "they will behave like children if treated like children" when in fact what is closer to the truth is "they behaved like children so have been treated like children".

Good to see Ponting come out in support of Clarke and Arthur's actions. I get the impression he was also frustrated with player behaviour.

Posted by
on
March 14, 2013, 21:14 GMT

What about when players behave like children...?

Posted by
on
March 14, 2013, 20:49 GMT

bending allowed not just because of Murali, its because of most of the balers (Macgrath, Polock etc.) at that time bend more than 10 degrees. It revealed because of murali's case. So alternation of law helped to prolong most of the balers' careers.
so plz dont make exaggerated comments.

Posted by
on
March 14, 2013, 9:30 GMT

I don't understand. There were a couple of very quick English kids playing in last years under-9 WorldCup, RJW Topley and J.Overton and they were pretty impressive. Is Geoffrey not impressed with them or has he just plain forgotten?

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